ʻO kahi papa hana kūikawā me nā poʻe loea e pili ana i ke kumuhana o ka "Economic Valuation of the Ecosystem Services of Coral Reefs in the Mesoamerican Reef System (MAR)"

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Ma kahi kokoke i 1,000km mai ke kihi ʻākau o ka Yucatan Peninsula o Mexico a me nā kahakai Caribbean o Belize, Guatemala a me Honduras, ʻo ka Mesoamerican Reef System (MAR) ʻo ia ka ʻōnaehana kai nui loa ma ʻAmelika a ʻo ka lua ma ka honua ma hope o ka Great Barrier Reef. He wahi koʻikoʻi ka MAR no ka pale ʻana i nā mea olaola like ʻole, me nā honu kai, ʻoi aku ma mua o 60 mau ʻano ʻākoʻakoʻa a ʻoi aku ma mua o 500 mau ʻano iʻa e kokoke ana e pau.

Ma muli o ke koʻikoʻi o ka ʻokoʻa waiwai a me ke olaola, he mea nui e hoʻomaopopo ka poʻe hoʻoholo i ka waiwai o nā lawelawe kaiaola i hāʻawi ʻia e ka MAR. Me kēia noʻonoʻo, ke alakaʻi nei ka Ocean Foundation (TOF) i kahi loiloi waiwai o ka MAR. ʻO ka pahuhopu o ke aʻo ʻana, ʻo ia ka hoʻomaopopo ʻana i ka waiwai o ka MAR a me ke koʻikoʻi o kona mālama ʻana i mea e ʻike maikaʻi ai i nā mea hoʻoholo. ʻO ke aʻo ʻana ke kālā ʻia e ka Interamerican Development Bank (IADB) me ka hui pū ʻana me Metroeconomica a me World Resources Institute (WRI).

Ua mālama ʻia nā papa hana virtual no nā lā ʻehā (ʻOkakopa 6 a me 7, Mexico a me Guatemala, ʻOkakopa 13 a me 15 Honduras a me Belize, kēlā me kēia). Ua hui pū kēlā me kēia papa hana i nā mea pili mai nā ʻāpana like ʻole a me nā hui. Ma waena o nā pahuhopu o ka papa hana: e hōʻike i ke koʻikoʻi o ka loiloi no ka hoʻoholo ʻana; hōʻike i ke ʻano o ka hoʻohana ʻana a me nā waiwai hoʻohana ʻole; a loaʻa i nā manaʻo no ka papahana.

He mea koʻikoʻi ke komo ʻana o nā keʻena aupuni, nā kula a me nā NGO o kēia mau ʻāina no ka hōʻiliʻili ʻana i nā ʻikepili e pono ai no ka hoʻohana ʻana i ke ʻano o ka papahana.

Ma ka inoa o nā NGO ʻekolu i mālama i ka papahana, makemake mākou e hoʻomaikaʻi i ke kākoʻo koʻikoʻi a me ke komo ʻana i nā papa hana, a me ke kākoʻo koʻikoʻi o MARFund a me ka Healthy Reefs Initiative.

Ua komo nā Lunamaka'āinana o nā hui i loko o nā papa hana:

Mekiko: SEMARNAT, CONANP, CONABIO, INEGI, INAPESCA, Aupuni o ka Mokuaina o Quintana Roo, Costa Salvaje; Hui Pū ʻAi Koʻa, ELAW, COBI.

Guatemala: MARN, INE, INGUAT, DIPESCA, KfW, Healthy Reefs, MAR Fund, WWF, Wetlands International, USAID, ICIAAD-Ser Océano, FUNDAECO, APROSARTUN, UICN Guatemala, IPNUSAC, PixanJa.

Honduras: Dirección General de la Marina Mercante, MiAmbiente, Instituto Nacional de Conservacion y Desarrollo Forestla/ICF, FAO-Honduras, Cuerpos de Conservación Omoa -CCO; ʻAhahui Conservation o Bay Islands, capitulo Roatan, UNAH-CURLA, Coral Reef Alliance, Roatan Marine Park, Zona Libre Turistica Islas de la Bahia (ZOLITUR), Fundación Cayos Cochinos, Parque Nacional Bahia de Loreto.

Belize: Belize Fisheries Department, Protected Areas Conservation Trust, Belize Tourism Board, National Biodiversity Office-MFFESD, Wildlife Conservation Society, University of Belize Environmental Research Institute, Toledo Institute for Development and Environment, The Summit Foundation, Hol Chan Marine Reserve, nā ʻāpana o manaʻolana, Belize Audubon Society, Turneffe Atoll Sustainability Association, The Caribbean Community Climate Change Center